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Kosovo extradites BlackDB admin to face US cybercrime charges
A Kosovo national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of running an online cybercrime marketplace active since 2018. Kosovar authorities arrested the 33-year-old Liridon Masurica (also known as @blackdb) on December 14th, 2024, and he was extradited to the United States earlier this month, on May 9th. Masurica was detained following […]
SAP patches second zero-day flaw exploited in recent attacks
SAP has released patches to address a second vulnerability exploited in recent attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers as a zero-day. The company issued security updates for this security flaw (CVE-2025-42999) on Monday, May 12, saying it was discovered while investigating zero-day attacks involving another unauthenticated file upload flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-31324) in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer […]
North Korea ramps up cyberspying in Ukraine to assess war risk
The state-backed North Korean threat group Konni (Opal Sleet, TA406) was observed targeting Ukrainian government entities in intelligence collection operations. The attackers use phishing emails that impersonate think tanks, referencing important political events or military developments to lure their targets. Proofpoint researchers who discovered the activity in February 2025 suggest that it’s likely an effort […]
Twilio denies breach following leak of alleged Steam 2FA codes
Twilio has denied in a statement for GeekFeed that it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be holding over 89 million Steam user records with one-time access codes. The threat actor, using the alias Machine1337 (also known as EnergyWeaponsUser), advertised a trove of data allegedly pulled from Steam, offering to sell it for $5,000. When […]
Ivanti fixes EPMM zero-days chained in code execution attacks
Ivanti warned customers today to patch their Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) software against two security vulnerabilities chained in attacks to gain remote code execution. “Ivanti has released updates for Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) which addresses one medium and one high severity vulnerability,” the company said. “When chained together, successful exploitation could lead to unauthenticated remote […]
Hackers exploit VMware ESXi, Microsoft SharePoint zero-days at Pwn2Own
During the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, competitors earned $435,000 after exploiting zero-day bugs in multiple products, including Microsoft SharePoint, VMware ESXi, Oracle VirtualBox, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Mozilla Firefox. The highlight was a successful attempt from Nguyen Hoang Thach of STARLabs SG against the VMware ESXi, which earned him $150,000 for an […]
Printer maker Procolored offered malware-laced drivers for months
For at least half a year, the official software supplied with Procolored printers included malware in the form of a remote access trojan and a cryptocurrency stealer. Procolored is a digital printing solutions provider making Direct-to-Film (DTF), UV DTF, UV, and Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printers. It is particularly known for affordable and efficient fabric printing solutions. […]
Ransomware gangs increasingly use Skitnet post-exploitation malware
Ransomware gang members increasingly use a new malware called Skitnet (“Bossnet”) to perform stealthy post-exploitation activities on breached networks. The malware has been offered for sale on underground forums like RAMP since April 2024, but according to Prodaft researchers, it started gaining significant traction among ransomware gangs since early 2025. Prodaft told GeekFeed they have observed […]
US charges 12 more suspects linked to $230 million crypto theft
Twelve more suspects were charged in a RICO conspiracy for their alleged involvement in the theft of over $230 million in cryptocurrency and laundering the funds using crypto exchanges and mixing services. Two other suspects linked to this conspiracy, 20-year-old Malone Lam (aka “Greavys,” “Anne Hathaway,” and “$$$”) and 21-year-old Jeandiel Serrano (aka “Box,” “VersaceGod,” […]
CISA tags recently patched Chrome bug as actively exploited
On Thursday, CISA warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in the Chrome web browser. Solidlab security researcher Vsevolod Kokorin discovered the flaw (CVE-2025-4664) and shared technical details online on May 5th. Google released security updates to patch it on Wednesday. As Kokorin explained, the vulnerability is due to insufficient policy enforcement […]